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Qualcomm lists 22 open roles based in New York, of 970 worldwide. [1]
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- Anduril, Qualcomm launch BlueChip, a new kind of US-made laptopAnduril founder Palmer Luckey is vowing to bring computer manufacturing back to the U.S., and by that he doesn't just mean assembly, but every individual component, some of which are exclusively made in China today.
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- Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AIQualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally.
- Qualcomm backs Ultrahuman in $70M round on bet to turn smart rings into computersUltrahuman is targeting a $200 million annual revenue run rate by January 2027 as it builds a new Qualcomm-powered smart ring.
- NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face in $12.93B Deal to Cement Open AI Infrastructure LeadershipAt $12.93 billion, NVIDIA's acquisition of Hugging Face is the largest VC-backed tech acquisition in New York City history - more than tripling the previous record. The deal hands NVIDIA control of the open-source model hub at the center of the AI economy, used by 18 million developers and over 200,000 companies worldwide.
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